Patrick Collison: status lags by a generation or more
_AustinCalvert_ · x · 2026-11-10
A widely shared line from Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison: "If you think something is important but people older than you don't hold it in high regard, there's a reasonable chance that you're right and they're wrong. Status lags by a generation or more."
The quote is often cited to explain why emerging fields, like AI startups, are undervalued by conventional status hierarchies.
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